• LibOFX vulnerability

    From bugz_ubuntu@21:4/110 to Ubuntu Users on Monday, September 21, 2020 20:10:03
    libofx vulnerability

    A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
    derivatives:

    * Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

    Summary

    LibOFX could be made to crash.

    Software Description

    * libofx - client-side implementation of Open Financial Exchange
    specification

    Details

    It was discovered that LibOFX did not properly check for errors in
    certain situations, leading to a NULL pointer dereference. A
    remote attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service
    attack. (CVE-2019-9656)

    Update instructions

    The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the
    following package versions:

    Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
    libofx-dev - 1:0.9.10-1+deb8u2build0.16.04.1
    libofx6 - 1:0.9.10-1+deb8u2build0.16.04.1
    ofx - 1:0.9.10-1+deb8u2build0.16.04.1

    To update your system, please follow these instructions:
    https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.

    In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary
    changes.

    References

    * CVE-2019-9656

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